Picture of the Week

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Two weeks out from Sun 'n Fun, the photos
are starting to roll in. Pictures from the Florida fly-in dominate
our current batch of "POTW" entries. As it turns out, many AVweb
readers attended the show this year and had their cameras on hand.
(Good thing, too, since you folks saw some things we missed!) Of
all the Sun 'n Fun pics — and a few stunning non-air show
pictures — our favorite this week came from Rich Spolar of Orlando,
Florida. Rich submitted several photos from the show, but (alas!)
we had to choose only one.

Like all top-spot winners in the "Picture of the Week" contest, Rich will
receive an official AVweb baseball cap. To win one of these sharp
numbers for yourself, you'll have to do the same thing Rich did —
submit
your photos here. Each week, we'll choose one photo from the
top ten or twenty entries as our winner and share as many of the rest as
we have time to re-size and post!

Rich Spolar of Orlando, Florida sent
us a great assortment of photos from this year's Sun 'n Fun Fly-In.
We had a tough time choosing from Rich's entries, but eventually settled
on this sun-drenched DC-3.

AVweb continues to receive a large number of excellent images for
our POTW contest. Here are some of the runners-up. Due to privacy issues,
AVweb does not publish e-mail addresses of
readers who submit photos.

Vincent Maarschalkerweerd of
Raleigh, North Carolina snapped this photo during a skydive in Orange,
Virginia. We aren't sure whether Vincent participated in the jump
or just took photos — but either way, we're willing to bet this was a
fun way to spend the day.

If the fiery clouds and crisp blue skies in
William Rexer's photo don't capture your imagination, that
perfect RV-8 silhouette certainly will. Direct from the Spruce
Creek Fly-In Community in Daytona Beach, Florida — although William
hails from Perrysburg, Ohio.

Dave Upchurch of Tucson, Arizona
reminds us that good parking spaces are hard to find at AirVenture.
Fortunately, the Kent Pietsch Aerial Team knows how to solve the
problem, downing two birds with one stone.

Ron Jones of Summerville, South
Carolina writes, "Of all the flying pictures that I have taken, this is
my favorite. Had to wait for this lone gull to get into position
for almost an hour." Ron's magic moment finally came after 12
out-of-position shots on the Carolinas' Lake Moultrie.

A Reminder About Copyrights: Please take a moment to consider the
source of your image before submitting to our "Picture of the Week" contest.
If you did not take the photo yourself, ask yourself if you are indeed
authorized to release publication rights to AVweb. If you're uncertain,
consult the
POTW
Rules or
send us an e-mail.